Here we are. The end of an era. The last time that there were only 5. Everyone was so upset that The Dark Knight didn’t get a nomination that they changed the rules. What happened? The Blind Side gets nominated next year. The experiment was a complete success.
You can see my GABBY winners and nominees HERE
Best Picture
5. The Reader - Hugh Jackman made a joke during the ceremony that nobody had seen The Reader. This was such a bad choice for a nominee that they changed the rules next year. It is such a standard Oscar movie I wouldn't be surprised if they already printed the little Oscar statuette on the poster before the nominations were announced. Based on a novel? Check. Told in flashback? Check. Directed by a guy with Oscar pedigree? Check. Starring a woman overdue for an Oscar? Check. If you like seeing Kate Winslet naked then...there are a lot of better movies to watch before this.
4. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Brad Pitt plays a man who ages backwards. It's a well made movie with wonderful cinematography and inventive visual effects but it is overlong. There's a pretty good 90 minute movie hiding somewhere in this almost 3 hour film.
3. Milk - I was in high school when Man On The Moon came out and I remember a friend of mine talking about it. He didn't get it. It was just about this guy who did some stuff and then he died. I explained to him that it was based on a true story and he began to understand. That's my problem with biopics, you have to have a fundamental understanding of the true events for the movie to work (most of the time, some do it well). This is about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office. The movie came out the same time that Prop 8 passed in California banning gay marriage. I wouldn't be surprised if people voted for it purely for political reasons, without seeing it. This is a standard run of the mill biopic, nothing more. If you don't know the story beforehand, the movie simply doesn't work.
2. Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard directs this adaptation of the stage success where Michael Sheen and Frank Langella reprise their roles. Both deliver terrific performances and the movie works better in the current political climate than it did when it came out. This is a docudrama about David Frost interviewing Richard Nixon shortly after his resignation. The movie is about wanting and expecting accountability in our politicians and asking them to admit and take responsibility for their wrong doings. The 2nd half is better than the first and the use of talking heads is a bit unnecessary but it’s still a fast moving and exciting film that is mostly just two people talking.
1. Slumdog Millionaire - This is a case where everybody is at the top of their game and when all the pieces come together you get a perfect film. The script, the direction, the performances, score, cinematography, editing, everything about this film works. The movie follows a poor Indian teen competing on a game show. As he moves closer and closer to winning he is suspected of cheating, because how else could a poor kid with little education win a trivia game? We then get flashbacks of his life that show us how he came to obtain this knowledge. It’s an incredible, heart warming and life affirming film.
I’m voting for Slumdog Millionaire because it’s the best movie and this is a weak category but just for fun let’s play process of elimination. The Reader, no god damn way. Benjamin Button, not a terrible film but the length and visual effects get in the way of storytelling. Milk, standard biopic, would be a terrible Best Picture winner. We’re left with Slumdog and Frost/Nixon. Ron Howard just won for a movie he really shouldn’t have where Danny Boyle has been consistently making good to great films and this is his best yet. He’s yet to top it so this is the perfect film for which to win. Slumdog all the way, it’s a simply beautiful film.
Oscar Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
My Vote: Slumdog Millionaire
GABBY Winner: In Bruges
Best Actor
5. Brad Pitt plays the title character in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button who was born an old man and dies a little baby. The most interesting part of his performance is when he’s an old baby and that is greatly aided by visual effects. For the majority of the film he is his handsome self and his performance is rather dull. He also narrates the film in a pretty lifeless fashion.
3. Mickey Rourke. I didn’t understand the critical acclaim for The Wrestler or Rourke's performance. It’s a film where nothing much happens and then has the balls to have an ambiguous ending. Rourke is fine although he’s pretty much playing himself. He’s a professional wrestler with a heart condition. When he’s told that he may not have much time left he tries to reconnect with his daughter but he can’t help getting back in the ring. It’s fine but nothing to get too excited about.
2. Richard Jenkins. You want to see some range from an actor? Look at the year Richard Jenkins had. He gets Oscar nominated for his quiet and soulful role of a professor who befriends some illegal immigrants squatting in his apartment in The Visitor, he also plays a hapless gym manager in the Coen brothers comedy Burn After Reading and steals laughs from Will Ferrell in Step Brothers. In The Visitor his best moments are when he is reacting. He does so much listening in this film and you can tell that he is really hearing what his co-stars are saying.
1. Frank Langella reprises his Tony winning role of Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon and this doesn’t have any traces of theatricality. He never brings his level any higher than it needs to be. When the film first started I could only see Frank Langella doing Richard Nixon. I felt like it was an adequate impression but not much more. Something happens around the middle of the film where Langella and Nixon start to blend into the same person and I wasn’t seeing either of them but rather an actor who always commits at the top of his game.
This is one of my least favorite Best Actor decisions ever. For starters, I’m not a fan of Sean Penn. Secondly, this is his 2nd Oscar in 4 years. Nobody else in this category has won yet and they have to give Sean Penn a 2nd win? It’s not entirely the fault of the Academy though. For the whole Oscar season this was posited as a two man race between Penn and Rourke with a lot of people thinking Mickey would win because it was a great comeback story. When it comes down to it though, who wants to vote for Mickey Rourke? It’s not like he’s had a career that demands a lot of respect. I’m guessing Rourke got a fair amount of votes, Penn got a little more and the other 3 were an even split. We should have instead thrown our weight behind Frank Langella. He’s a great character actor who probably won’t get a better shot than this.
Best Actor
5. Brad Pitt plays the title character in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button who was born an old man and dies a little baby. The most interesting part of his performance is when he’s an old baby and that is greatly aided by visual effects. For the majority of the film he is his handsome self and his performance is rather dull. He also narrates the film in a pretty lifeless fashion.
4. Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk in the biopic Milk and this is probably the most over the top, hammy performance to ever win a Best Actor Oscar. I know it’s probably historically accurate but I felt that Penn was “limp wristing” it up and for some reason I saw more I Am Sam than Harvey Milk.
3. Mickey Rourke. I didn’t understand the critical acclaim for The Wrestler or Rourke's performance. It’s a film where nothing much happens and then has the balls to have an ambiguous ending. Rourke is fine although he’s pretty much playing himself. He’s a professional wrestler with a heart condition. When he’s told that he may not have much time left he tries to reconnect with his daughter but he can’t help getting back in the ring. It’s fine but nothing to get too excited about.
2. Richard Jenkins. You want to see some range from an actor? Look at the year Richard Jenkins had. He gets Oscar nominated for his quiet and soulful role of a professor who befriends some illegal immigrants squatting in his apartment in The Visitor, he also plays a hapless gym manager in the Coen brothers comedy Burn After Reading and steals laughs from Will Ferrell in Step Brothers. In The Visitor his best moments are when he is reacting. He does so much listening in this film and you can tell that he is really hearing what his co-stars are saying.
1. Frank Langella reprises his Tony winning role of Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon and this doesn’t have any traces of theatricality. He never brings his level any higher than it needs to be. When the film first started I could only see Frank Langella doing Richard Nixon. I felt like it was an adequate impression but not much more. Something happens around the middle of the film where Langella and Nixon start to blend into the same person and I wasn’t seeing either of them but rather an actor who always commits at the top of his game.
This is one of my least favorite Best Actor decisions ever. For starters, I’m not a fan of Sean Penn. Secondly, this is his 2nd Oscar in 4 years. Nobody else in this category has won yet and they have to give Sean Penn a 2nd win? It’s not entirely the fault of the Academy though. For the whole Oscar season this was posited as a two man race between Penn and Rourke with a lot of people thinking Mickey would win because it was a great comeback story. When it comes down to it though, who wants to vote for Mickey Rourke? It’s not like he’s had a career that demands a lot of respect. I’m guessing Rourke got a fair amount of votes, Penn got a little more and the other 3 were an even split. We should have instead thrown our weight behind Frank Langella. He’s a great character actor who probably won’t get a better shot than this.
Oscar Winner: Sean Penn
My Vote: Frank Langella
GABBY Winner: Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges
Best Actress
5. Meryl Streep. Meryl’s a Bah-stahn nun in Doubt.
4. Angelina Jolie. Changeling is based on a true story about a woman whose son goes missing. The LAPD wants to save face so they just give her another child. She’s like, that’s not my son and they’re like, yeah it is, what are you talking about? Then they tell her to take the kid on a trial basis, meanwhile the kid is calling her ‘mommy’ and acting like this is all normal. Things happen and she ends up being sent to a psych ward and declared an unfit mother. It’s a movie that pretty much only works knowing that it’s based on a true story. If that wasn’t the case you would think the plot was too absurd. Jolie is very good in the film but not quite 2nd Oscar good. The movie is set in the 20’s and she has a timeless look that just makes her fit in any time period perfectly.
3. Anne Hathaway's performance is much better than the film. Rachel Getting Married is a Cassavettes-esque film where the dialogue seems improvised, everything seems natural and it’s supposed to feel like real life. Anne plays a recovering drug addict who has gotten time out of rehab to go to her sisters wedding. She is extraordinarily good, the movie is just so-so.
2. Melissa Leo plays a woman who starts smuggling immigrants into America to make money in the small independent drama Frozen River. A series of events puts her in contact with a Native American woman and the two partner up driving people into the country from Canada across a frozen river that’s part of an Indian reservation. Knowing the low budget there is a real sense of danger watching them cross over that ice. You’re expecting it to crack at any moment. Leo is really good in the film. She’s married with children but her husband has run off on a gambling binge so she’s at her wits end and resorts to illegal actions. The movie came out early in the year and was able to stay in the voter’s minds come Oscar time. I love when that happens because it gave me a chance to see the film before the ceremony.
1. Kate Winslet. The Reader is not a very good film. A young boy starts having an affair with Kate Winslet. They have sex a lot. I mean, an awful lot. Every other scene is sex and Winslet is just naked the entire film. At one point she pops out of a lake to say, “Oh, it’s been 15 minutes since you’ve seen my breasts in this film. Here are my breasts.”. Then she goes on trial because she worked at Auschwitz but she is saved by her illiteracy. I really didn’t care for this film but this was just a situation where it was about damn time and there was nothing that could be done.
Best Actress
5. Meryl Streep. Meryl’s a Bah-stahn nun in Doubt.
4. Angelina Jolie. Changeling is based on a true story about a woman whose son goes missing. The LAPD wants to save face so they just give her another child. She’s like, that’s not my son and they’re like, yeah it is, what are you talking about? Then they tell her to take the kid on a trial basis, meanwhile the kid is calling her ‘mommy’ and acting like this is all normal. Things happen and she ends up being sent to a psych ward and declared an unfit mother. It’s a movie that pretty much only works knowing that it’s based on a true story. If that wasn’t the case you would think the plot was too absurd. Jolie is very good in the film but not quite 2nd Oscar good. The movie is set in the 20’s and she has a timeless look that just makes her fit in any time period perfectly.
3. Anne Hathaway's performance is much better than the film. Rachel Getting Married is a Cassavettes-esque film where the dialogue seems improvised, everything seems natural and it’s supposed to feel like real life. Anne plays a recovering drug addict who has gotten time out of rehab to go to her sisters wedding. She is extraordinarily good, the movie is just so-so.
2. Melissa Leo plays a woman who starts smuggling immigrants into America to make money in the small independent drama Frozen River. A series of events puts her in contact with a Native American woman and the two partner up driving people into the country from Canada across a frozen river that’s part of an Indian reservation. Knowing the low budget there is a real sense of danger watching them cross over that ice. You’re expecting it to crack at any moment. Leo is really good in the film. She’s married with children but her husband has run off on a gambling binge so she’s at her wits end and resorts to illegal actions. The movie came out early in the year and was able to stay in the voter’s minds come Oscar time. I love when that happens because it gave me a chance to see the film before the ceremony.
1. Kate Winslet. The Reader is not a very good film. A young boy starts having an affair with Kate Winslet. They have sex a lot. I mean, an awful lot. Every other scene is sex and Winslet is just naked the entire film. At one point she pops out of a lake to say, “Oh, it’s been 15 minutes since you’ve seen my breasts in this film. Here are my breasts.”. Then she goes on trial because she worked at Auschwitz but she is saved by her illiteracy. I really didn’t care for this film but this was just a situation where it was about damn time and there was nothing that could be done.
I want to vote differently but I can’t. Since everyone in this category had already won or was going to win an Oscar there isn’t another choice. I can’t say that Leo deserved this and then have her win again in 2 years. Winslet has been great for so many years, this was her 6th nomination, she not only had The Reader this year but Revolutionary Road as well which could have earned her an Oscar. There’s so many reasons to vote for her and only one reason not to, the film sucks.
Oscar Winner: Kate Winslet
My Vote: Kate Winslet
GABBY Winner: Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor
5. Michael Shannon appears in the other Kate Winslet film of 2008, Revolutionary Road. Sam Mendes directs the reunion of Kate and Leo that stars the two of them as a 1950s suburban married couple heading for divorce. Shannon plays their next door neighbor’s son who has just been released from a mental institution. He’s only in a few scenes but pretty much steals the movie. He seems to have no filter and just speaks what’s on his mind.
4. Josh Brolin. This seems more like a nomination to a guy whose star is on the rise rather than for a great performance. Brolin starred as George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s biopic this year and was in last year’s Best Picture winner. The guy seems to be on a hot streak, let’s give him an Oscar nod. He plays Dan White, the guy who assassinated Harvey Milk, in Milk. Since we know he’s the killer, half of his job is already done. We cut to him looking sideways at Harvey and we already know what he’s thinking. Even with these limitations, Brolin does succeed in giving White the appropriate and interesting tics.
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Doubt is about a nun who suspects a priest of inappropriate relations with a child. The interesting thing about the film and the stage show it’s based on is that they never reveal guilt or innocence. Hoffman plays the priest and he walks a delicate wire between innocent and pervert. He’s just sinister enough to make you think he’s capable of child molestation but just sweet enough to appear as if the accusations are ludicrous. He would make a great winner of this category except for the fact that he just won and the next two actors deliver truly unforgettable performances.
2. Robert Downey, Jr.. Not many people could get away with this. Downey’s role is essentially blackface but the joke is never on black people but rather egotistical actors who think this would be okay. Like when Johnny Depp slapped on some war paint to play Tonto. Downey plays 5-time Academy Award winner Kirk Lazarus who has gone through several medical procedures to effectively play a black Vietnam soldier in the movie within a movie in Tropic Thunder. He’s absolutely hilarious in the film and does the impossible, he made blackface not racist.
1. Heath Ledger. It’s impossible to imagine how it may have gone different had Heath Ledger lived to see his iconic performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight. If it had lost the poignancy of being his final role would it still be as good? If Heath was alive, well and sitting in the audience, would he have won? We’ll never know but one thing’s for certain, when his casting was announced, few believed in him. Then the movie came out and millions of comic bird nerds were silenced.
It really comes down to Ledger and Downey. Hoffman has already won and Brolin and Shannon are clearly not as strong. The scales tip in Ledger’s favor due to the fact that this literally his last chance to be honored.
Best Supporting Actor
5. Michael Shannon appears in the other Kate Winslet film of 2008, Revolutionary Road. Sam Mendes directs the reunion of Kate and Leo that stars the two of them as a 1950s suburban married couple heading for divorce. Shannon plays their next door neighbor’s son who has just been released from a mental institution. He’s only in a few scenes but pretty much steals the movie. He seems to have no filter and just speaks what’s on his mind.
4. Josh Brolin. This seems more like a nomination to a guy whose star is on the rise rather than for a great performance. Brolin starred as George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s biopic this year and was in last year’s Best Picture winner. The guy seems to be on a hot streak, let’s give him an Oscar nod. He plays Dan White, the guy who assassinated Harvey Milk, in Milk. Since we know he’s the killer, half of his job is already done. We cut to him looking sideways at Harvey and we already know what he’s thinking. Even with these limitations, Brolin does succeed in giving White the appropriate and interesting tics.
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Doubt is about a nun who suspects a priest of inappropriate relations with a child. The interesting thing about the film and the stage show it’s based on is that they never reveal guilt or innocence. Hoffman plays the priest and he walks a delicate wire between innocent and pervert. He’s just sinister enough to make you think he’s capable of child molestation but just sweet enough to appear as if the accusations are ludicrous. He would make a great winner of this category except for the fact that he just won and the next two actors deliver truly unforgettable performances.
2. Robert Downey, Jr.. Not many people could get away with this. Downey’s role is essentially blackface but the joke is never on black people but rather egotistical actors who think this would be okay. Like when Johnny Depp slapped on some war paint to play Tonto. Downey plays 5-time Academy Award winner Kirk Lazarus who has gone through several medical procedures to effectively play a black Vietnam soldier in the movie within a movie in Tropic Thunder. He’s absolutely hilarious in the film and does the impossible, he made blackface not racist.
1. Heath Ledger. It’s impossible to imagine how it may have gone different had Heath Ledger lived to see his iconic performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight. If it had lost the poignancy of being his final role would it still be as good? If Heath was alive, well and sitting in the audience, would he have won? We’ll never know but one thing’s for certain, when his casting was announced, few believed in him. Then the movie came out and millions of comic bird nerds were silenced.
It really comes down to Ledger and Downey. Hoffman has already won and Brolin and Shannon are clearly not as strong. The scales tip in Ledger’s favor due to the fact that this literally his last chance to be honored.
Oscar Winner: Heath Ledger
My Vote: Heath Ledger
GABBY Winner: Heath Ledger
Best Supporting Actress
4. Taraji P. Henson plays the woman who finds Benjamin Button and becomes his adoptive mother in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. She’s appropriately maternal, sweet and caring but doesn’t do much of anything in the film. When she’s not on screen you kinda forget about her.
3. Amy Adams. I really like Amy Adams but she does hit all the same notes in most of her movies. She’s not much different in Doubt as a young nun who thinks she notices inappropriate relations concerning a priest, than she is in Junebug, where she plays a pregnant southerner.
2. Penelope Cruz. Woody Allen teaches us that neuroses exists in every language as Penelope Cruz plays the same type of character that Dianne Weist would have played in the 80s. In Vicky Christina Barcelona Javier Bardem meets Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall in Spain and asks them for a threesome, it’s not too long before everybody’s boning. The movie isn’t very funny or interesting but it does have beautiful people having sex. Cruz shows up in the middle as Bardem’s ex-wife. She’s fiery and feisty and adds a lot to the film, because there’s not much there until she shows up.
1. Viola Davis is a one scene wonder in Doubt but what a scene it is. She plays the boy’s mother who is less concerned that her son is being molested and more concerned that he’s getting good grades so he can get in a good high school. She’s aware that her son is probably gay but would rather not cause waves. She has very limited screen time but I would argue that if you only watched her scenes you would get a good idea of what the film is. We’ve set the precedent with Beatrice Straight that someone this brief but memorable can win.
Best Supporting Actress
5. Marisa Tomei places 5th this year because she’s the only one with a previous win. Based on performance she’s probably 3rd. I’ve said it before but it kinda stinks that Tomei won for My Cousin Vinny because she’s been consistently better but it’s hard to vote for her. In The Wrestler she plays a stripper that Mickey Rourke takes a liking to. She’s got a child at home and keeps work and pleasure separate. It’s a version of the hooker with a heart of gold character but Tomei brings a certain wisdom to the part.
4. Taraji P. Henson plays the woman who finds Benjamin Button and becomes his adoptive mother in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. She’s appropriately maternal, sweet and caring but doesn’t do much of anything in the film. When she’s not on screen you kinda forget about her.
3. Amy Adams. I really like Amy Adams but she does hit all the same notes in most of her movies. She’s not much different in Doubt as a young nun who thinks she notices inappropriate relations concerning a priest, than she is in Junebug, where she plays a pregnant southerner.
2. Penelope Cruz. Woody Allen teaches us that neuroses exists in every language as Penelope Cruz plays the same type of character that Dianne Weist would have played in the 80s. In Vicky Christina Barcelona Javier Bardem meets Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall in Spain and asks them for a threesome, it’s not too long before everybody’s boning. The movie isn’t very funny or interesting but it does have beautiful people having sex. Cruz shows up in the middle as Bardem’s ex-wife. She’s fiery and feisty and adds a lot to the film, because there’s not much there until she shows up.
1. Viola Davis is a one scene wonder in Doubt but what a scene it is. She plays the boy’s mother who is less concerned that her son is being molested and more concerned that he’s getting good grades so he can get in a good high school. She’s aware that her son is probably gay but would rather not cause waves. She has very limited screen time but I would argue that if you only watched her scenes you would get a good idea of what the film is. We’ve set the precedent with Beatrice Straight that someone this brief but memorable can win.
Was this all there was? Were these the best of the best? I looked around to see if there were any critics choices left out of the mix. Come to find out that Kate Winslet won the Golden Globe for The Reader and won Best Actress for Revolutionary Road. So they didn’t care about any women that weren’t named Kate Winslet. The Oscars chose Cruz which is fine. The only two I would consider are her and Davis and Viola has considerable less screen time and ended up winning hers eventually.
Oscar Winner: Penelope Cruz
My Vote: Viola Davis
GABBY Winner: Viola Davis
Best Director
Danny Boyle rightfully wins. He's been a director with an impeccable track record and this is one of his best movies. He can either win here or win for a lesser film down the road. His competition wasn't too great anyway, Ron Howard's already won, David Fincher, Gus Van Sant and Stephen Daldry have all done better work.
Best Original Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay
For some reason Milk wins Best Original Screenplay even though it's basically just a dramatization of the 1984 documentary. Frozen River, WALL-E and, especially, In Bruges are all more original. The mostly improvised Happy-Go-Lucky gets the last nomination. Slumdog Millionaire rightfully wins the adapted category over a lackluster field including Benjamin Button, Doubt, The Reader and Frost/Nixon.
Best Animated Feature
Pixar again establishes dominance over this category as WALL-E wins over some movie called Bolt which allegedly stars John Travolta as a talking dog. I'm only going by urban legends on this one, I've never met anyone who can confirm it actually exists. Kung Fu Panda was the other nominee and would have been my vote this year.
Best Original Score/Original Song
A.R. Rahman wins 2 Oscars this year for scoring Slumdog Millionaire and the up tempo tune Jai Ho. Both were deserved seeing as how his biggest competition in the song category was himself and the other song from Slumdog Millionaire.
Best Sound Editing/Sound Mixing
Best Director
Danny Boyle rightfully wins. He's been a director with an impeccable track record and this is one of his best movies. He can either win here or win for a lesser film down the road. His competition wasn't too great anyway, Ron Howard's already won, David Fincher, Gus Van Sant and Stephen Daldry have all done better work.
Best Original Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay
For some reason Milk wins Best Original Screenplay even though it's basically just a dramatization of the 1984 documentary. Frozen River, WALL-E and, especially, In Bruges are all more original. The mostly improvised Happy-Go-Lucky gets the last nomination. Slumdog Millionaire rightfully wins the adapted category over a lackluster field including Benjamin Button, Doubt, The Reader and Frost/Nixon.
Best Animated Feature
Pixar again establishes dominance over this category as WALL-E wins over some movie called Bolt which allegedly stars John Travolta as a talking dog. I'm only going by urban legends on this one, I've never met anyone who can confirm it actually exists. Kung Fu Panda was the other nominee and would have been my vote this year.
Best Original Score/Original Song
A.R. Rahman wins 2 Oscars this year for scoring Slumdog Millionaire and the up tempo tune Jai Ho. Both were deserved seeing as how his biggest competition in the song category was himself and the other song from Slumdog Millionaire.
Best Sound Editing/Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire wins Sound Mixing while The Dark Knight wins Sound Editing. The nominees were pretty much the same in both categories so I'm a little surprised either Slumdog or Dark Knight didn't win both.
Best Art Direction
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button wins over Changeling, The Duchess, Revolutionary Road and The Dark Knight. None of them really get me excited over this category.
Best Cinematography/Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire wins both categories and was the best choice.
Best Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button wins for making Brad Pitt look like an old man. The other nominees were The Dark Knight and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. I would have gone with Hellboy but I understand that they voted for the classier film.
Best Costume Design
Remember The Duchess? Yeah, me neither.
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button wins. Much like the make up category, they picked the classiest film. The Dark Knight and Iron Man were the other two which probably cancelled each other out.
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Best Art Direction
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button wins over Changeling, The Duchess, Revolutionary Road and The Dark Knight. None of them really get me excited over this category.
Best Cinematography/Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire wins both categories and was the best choice.
Best Makeup
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button wins for making Brad Pitt look like an old man. The other nominees were The Dark Knight and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. I would have gone with Hellboy but I understand that they voted for the classier film.
Best Costume Design
Remember The Duchess? Yeah, me neither.
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button wins. Much like the make up category, they picked the classiest film. The Dark Knight and Iron Man were the other two which probably cancelled each other out.
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